Saturday May 5th 2018 Venue: St Thomas More Church Hall, Kirkway, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester. M24 1PP (3 minutes from jn 20 M60) Open to public from 10.30am. Close at 2,30pm New sellers this year (Graham Charles and a new local seller) in addition to all the usual people Refreshments availabl...

Saturday May 19th 2018 Venue: St Thomas More Church Hall, Kirkway, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester. M24 1PP (3 minutes from jn 20 M60) Doors open 9am plant sales, tea & coffee First talk is at 10.30am Speakers: Harald Jainta Wild Lithops - Treasures of the Veldt Graham Charles Searching for ca...

It Is from the Wigginsia section of Notocactus, now Parodia. The seed pods do not appear until the following season after flowering and are pink in colour. The New Cactus Lexicon gives no credence to this name no matter how you spell it. It is almost certainly a form of Parodia (Notocactus) erinacea...

A final update to the item posted earlier Open from 10.30am to 2.30pm on Saturday May 6th 2017 Close to junction 20 M60 at St Thomas More Church Hall, Kirkway, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester M24 1PP NURSERIES PRESENT: THE EDGINTON'S GORDON FOSTER CACTUS SHOP WILLIAM'S CACTUS HARRY MAYS TONY IRONS...

On Saturday May 6th the annual North West Cactus Mart will take place at the usual venue: St Thomas More Church Hall, Kirkway, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester M24 1PP. The venue is less than a mile from Junction 20 of M60. Food, both warm and cold, will be available throughout the event. Admission...

Latest news about BEF pots and Philip Barker is promising. He had bad health and eye problems during 2016 and didn't get to the various big meetings around the country but he has now had both eyes operated on and orders have been going out. It is still best that orders be sent via me at peter@bint.m...

It doesn't seem 5 minutes since I was making the same announcement a year ago. SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH 2016 Venue: St Thomas More Church Hall, Kirkway, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester. M24 1PP only 3 minutes from M60 jn 20 Time: Open to visitors from 10.15am. Closes after the talk Judge: Derek Tribbl...

Watch out for snails and slugs; they love 'new' food. As the plants will have to survive outside for a period try to have some staging for them to sit on, especially smaller, softer plants. I had the same dilemma 30 years ago and it wasn't easy to solve. I know you have 3 greenhouses already but eit...

This is to inform all interested parties that the Chileans will cease to exist in about two months time. Letters have been sent out to all members I know aboutboth in the Uk and overseas informing them that it is no longer possible to produce the magazine and I have not been able to locate any hard ...

For all attendees and possible attendees: Take no notice of the advert in the Journal that has just arrived on your mat. The Succulent Explorers' Day begins at 10am not 1pm as stated in the short blurb.

Peter B